694971 Ms. 1581 f. 001 Flavius Josephus in his study, illustration for the Prologue of the \'Antiquities of the Jews\' (\'Antiquitates Judaicae\') by Flavius Josephus, c.1503 (vellum) by French School, (16th century); Bibliotheque Mazarine, Paris, France; (add.info.: The Prologue consists of the biography of the author, Flavius Josephus (37-c.100, by Saint Jerome from his \'de Viris Illustribus\'; commissioned by Cardinal Georges d\'Amboise, Archbishop of Rouen for the library of his ch璽teau of Gaillon; patron of Jean Pichore (fl. c. 1500-20) one of the most famous manuscript illuminators in Paris and responsible for almost all of the miniatures in this edition of Flavius Josephus; the decorated borders are the work of Jean Serpin; \'Antiquitates Judaicae\' is a history of the Jewish people in 21 volumes written in Greek by Flavius Josephus (c.37-c.100 AD); this book consists of the fourth-century Latin translation ascribed to Rufinus; the heraldic arms shown are those of the second owner of this book, Henri Arnauld (1597-1692) Bishop of Angers;).